CHEST PAIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chest pain mean? 

• CHEST PAIN (noun)
  The noun CHEST PAIN has 1 sense:

1. pain in the chest

  Familiarity information: CHEST PAIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHEST PAIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pain in the chest

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("chest pain" is a kind of...):

hurting; pain (a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder)

 Context examples 

Chest pain is a frequently observed symptom.

(Coronary Microvascular Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

A symptom complex characterized by nervousness, chest pain, back pain, palpations, pruritus, and other usually mild symptoms occurring minutes following the initiation of dialysis with a new dialyzer.

(Dialyzer First Use Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

This can lead to chest pain (angina) or a heart attack.

(Coronary Artery Disease, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

Get immediate medical care if you have chest pain that does not go away, crushing pain or pressure in the chest, or chest pain along with nausea, sweating, dizziness or shortness of breath.

(Chest Pain, NIH)

It presents with flu-like symptoms including fever, chills, cough, pleuritic chest pain and myalgias.

(Blastomycosis, NCI Thesaurus)

The disease may cause chest pain, shortness of breath during exercise, and heart attacks.

(CAD, NCI Dictionary)

The most common heart disease is coronary artery disease (narrow or blocked coronary arteries), which can lead to chest pain, heart attacks, or stroke.

(Heart disease, NCI Dictionary)

If you have other symptoms such as crushing chest pain, it could be a heart attack.

(Heartburn, NIH)

A question about whether an individual has or had chest pain when swallowing.

(Pain in Chest When Swallowing, NCI Thesaurus)

Symptoms of pericardial problems include chest pain, rapid heartbeat, and difficulty breathing.

(Pericardial Disorders, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)